5 Truths Behind “We Loved Each Other Through It”
Some songs are written for a moment. Others are written because something in the air shifts — even before we understand why.
We Loved Each Other Through It was written on October 24, 2025. Within twelve hours, my life would change forever. At the time of writing, I had no idea what was coming. But the song knew.
Here are five truths behind the record — truths about ancestry, survival, family, and continuity.
Truth #1: The Song Was Written Before the Storm Hit
On October 24, 2025, I sat down and wrote We Loved Each Other Through It. It came quickly, almost fully formed — verses rooted in ancestry, a chorus anchored in endurance.
Twelve hours later, everything shifted.
When I look back now, the timing feels impossible to ignore. What began as reflection became prophecy. The song was written in a moment of calm, but it now carries the weight of what followed. That is the first truth: sometimes art arrives before understanding does.
Truth #2: This Song Is for My Ancestors and My Unborn Descendants
At its core, this record is not just about romantic love. It is about inherited love.
The lyrics speak directly to continuity across time:
“Through chains, through tears, through worlds apart
We loved each other through it.”
Those words are not symbolic. They reference displacement, survival, and the unbroken thread of connection that runs through generations.
My ancestors endured conditions meant to erase them. Yet love survived. Culture survived. Memory survived.
This song honors that endurance — and it speaks forward to future generations who will one day ask who we were and what we carried.
Truth #3: Love Survives Even When Systems Fail
We are living in a time of collective fatigue. As a country, we have experienced strain, division, loss, uncertainty, and emotional whiplash. Without naming individuals or headlines, it is clear that many people feel unsettled.
This song does not attempt to solve the times. It does not assign blame. It does not argue.
Instead, it affirms something older than politics: love has survived every collapse we can name.
Empires have fallen. Borders have shifted. Economies have broken. Yet people still found ways to hold one another.
That is the third truth: love outlives the structures built around it.
Truth #4: This Record Became a Family Gathering
We Loved Each Other Through It was recorded in January 2026 during sessions for my upcoming album Phoenix Rising.
What makes this recording especially meaningful is that my cousin Michael and his wife Felicia participated in the background vocals.
Their voices are not background decoration. They are lineage. They are family. They are proof that the message of the song is lived, not imagined.
There is something profound about recording a song about generational endurance with actual family standing behind you in the booth. It transformed the session into something communal — less performance, more communion.
That is the fourth truth: survival has always been collective.
Truth #5: Rising Does Not Mean Forgetting
The radio edit of We Loved Each Other Through It is available today for pre-sale on iTunes and Apple Music.
It serves as one of the emotional anchors for my upcoming album, Phoenix Rising. The album explores transformation, rebirth, desire, grief, and resilience.
But rising does not mean pretending nothing burned. It means carrying what survived through the fire.
This song is the bridge between memory and momentum. It acknowledges what we endured — personally, generationally, nationally — without being consumed by it.
That is the fifth truth: love is what rises.
Closing
We Loved Each Other Through It is not a song about nostalgia. It is about continuity.
It is a love letter to those who endured before me, a statement of presence in the current moment, and a promise to those who will inherit what we leave behind.
And when history asks what held us together, the answer will remain simple:
We loved each other through it.
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